Door-securer.



No. 760,933. 4 y PATENTBD MAY 24, 1904. W. STAMP. DOOR SGURR. PPLIQATION FILED oo'r.12, 190s.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM STAMP, OF SALEM, OHIO.

DOOR-SECURER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,933, dated May 24, 1904. l

Application filed October 12, 1903. Serial No. 176.782. (No model.)

T tl whom, it may concern:-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM STAMP, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Salem, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio,

have invented a new and useful Door-Securer,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to yieldable securing devices for doors, swinging windows, and the like, and has for' its object to improve arti- Io cles of this character and produce a simplyconstructed and easily applied and operated device which will hold .doors, windows, or .other structures with sufficient force to prevent accidental displacement, while at the same I 5 time be easily releasable when required;

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown andfdescribed, and specified in the claims.

The improved securer may be attached to zo any constructionof door, swinging window, or similar structure exposed to the action of air-currents, which have a tendency to open themor cause them to rattle, but is designed more particularly for attachment to screendoors and the like and for the purpose of illustration is shown thus applied.

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional View of a portion of a screen-door and the adjacent casing and frame with the improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the improved door securer. Fig. 3 represents the two parts forming the principal part ofv the improved holder detached and in perspective. v

The improved device consists of two plates 10 11 of resilient material, such as sheet-steel, with portions 12 13 bent at right angles to the body portions and reversely curved, forming approximately L-shaped members, with the extremities 14 15' curved in the same direction, as shown, so that when one of the plates 11 is attached to the free edge of the door 16 and the other plate 10 attached tothe adjacent portion of the casing or frame 17, with the short arms 12 13 in engagement and the part 14 curving over the part 15, the door will be held closed with suflicient force to resist the action of the wind or any jarring or vibration to which it may be subjected, while at the same time the interengaging and inter- `ing force applied to the door.

curving parts will yield to a pulling or push- The securer thus yconstructed will operate automatically when the door is closed, the parts 14 12 yielding to the pressure exerted by the parts 15 13,and will' also yield readily in the opposite direction when the door is opened, as will be obvious.

The attachment of the device will not, mar or disfigure the woodwork of the door or casing, as each piece 10 11 is secured only by screws, as at 18, 19, 20, and 21;

A pull-knob 22 will be secured to the plate 11, adjacent to the set-off portion 13, by the screw 20, and a guard-lug 23 will be'likewise secured by the screw 19 adjacent to the setoff portion 12, the knob and-lug being both spaced from the partsl 12 13 and extending beyond them, so that they serve the twofold purpose of pull-knobs to assist in opening the door and likewise as, guards to the yieldable catch members to protect them from surrounding objects and also from contact or engagement with the garments of persons passing the door.

Theplates can be of any size to adapt them to any size of door or other structure and may be of any required strength and may be plated, japanned, or otherwise coated or protected.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the device of the present invention embodies a pair of separate members, one of which is designed for application to the free edge of a door and the other to the door-frame. Each of these members is bent from resilient material to constitute an attaching plate or bracket and a spring-arm, the arm 13 of the door member being shorter than the other arm, 12, and bent at its free end into a latch-head 15, lying wholly at the rear side of the arm, and the other arm is bent at its outer free end into a seat or keeper 14, lying wholly upon the front of the arm and dis- Y IOO paratively rigid interlocking engagement between said members, and thereby obviate rattling of the door. Moreover, by the peculiar disposition of the keeper 14 and the latchhead 15, with the latter wholly upon the rear side of the latch-arm 13, said latch-arm constitutes a striker and initially engages the seat or keeper 14 and gradually presses itlaterally out of its normal position, so as to quickly and effectively have the latch-head snap thereinto, and thereby avoid damage to the keeper and keeper-arm.

The short arms 12 13 will preferably be in straight lines for a portion of their distance, as shown, to increase their holding force.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. A door-securer consisting of two resilientl plates for attachment respectively to the free edge of the door and of the adj acentcasing, with their contiguous body portions extending laterally and reversely curved and with their free ends curved in the same direction, and a guard-lug for connection with one of the plates and spaced from the lateral extension therof and also projected beyond the same.

2. A door-securer consisting of two resilient plates for attachment respectively to the free edge of vthe door and of the adjacent casing with their contiguous body portions extended laterally and reversely curved and with their free ends curved in the same direction and guard-lugs for connection to said plates and spaced from said lateral extensions and extending beyond them, substantially as described.

3. A door securer comprising separate brackets, the adjacent ends of which are provided with corresponding elastically-yieldable arms projected laterally in the same direction at substantially right angles to the brackets and capable of frictional contact in parallel relation throughout their lengths, the free ends of the arms being provided respectively with mutually-engageable keeper and latchhead members.

4. A door-securer comprising separate attaching-brackets, the adjacent ends of which are provided with corresponding elasticallyyieldable arms projected laterally in the same .ber and a door member, each of the members being formed from a single resilient plate bent into substantially L shape to form an attaching-plate and a spring-arm, the two arms capable of frictional contact in parallel relation, the arm of the door member being shorter than the other and havingits outer free end bowed rearwardly to form a catch-head lying wholly upon the rear side of the arm, and the outer extremity of the other arm being bowed or hooked forwardly to forma seat or keeper disposed to have the catch-head snapped thereinto.

6. A door-secu rer comprising a frame member and a door member, each of the members being formed from a single resilient plate vbent into substantially L' shape to form an attaching-plate and a spring-arm, the two armso capableof frictional contact in parallel relation, the arm of the door member being shorter than the other and having its outer free end bowed rearwardly to form a catch-head lying wholly' upon the rear side of the arm'and the f 

